The Double Fine Game Club is a community run weekly event where interested gamers play through and come together to discuss what they do and don’t like about a particular game (sort of like a book club, but for games). We usually aim to play two or three hours a week, and we normally have somebody streaming the current game so that those who don’t have the game or don’t feel like playing it again can still feel involved.

The awesome guys at SkyGoblin have given us 10 Desura keys to give away, and are keen to do a dev chat session with us. We’ll be giving those keys away here in this thread in batches during the week leading up to our first session of The Journey Down, so keep an eye out! Update: All the keys have been claimed. Congratulations to those who nabbed them!

Synopsis:
In a shady corner of Kingsport Bay, at the outskirts of St Armando, Bwana and his trusted sidekick Kito struggle to make ends meet at their run-down gas station. Little do they know that they are about to be thrown into a spine-tingling adventure that will take them far from home and right into a twisting plot of corruption and danger. In the first chapter of The Journey Down, the search for a lost journal leads to forgotten secrets of the mysterious Underland. Follow Bwana and Kito as they puzzle their way forward and begin to uncover the true fate of their long lost father, Captain Kaonandodo.

Note that this is the first part of an ongoing series of episodic games. Chapter 2 is currently in-development and we will likely be returning to The Journey Down to continue the story in the future.

If you claim a key, please comment to indicate it’s been taken, and if you already own the game, “Remember, there are other pirates on this island. SO GO EASY ON THE TREASURE. Leave some for the next person.”

If you claim a key, please comment to indicate it’s been taken, and if you already own the game, “Remember, there are other pirates on this island. SO GO EASY ON THE TREASURE. Leave some for the next person.”

What a coincidence… I just got this game before the Broken Sword 5 Kickstarter project started, and made it most of the way through (but haven’t finished). Then, after BS5 launched, I started replaying BASS, getting all nostalgic about Revolution Software… it’s like the DF Game Club is stalking my gaming life.

I’m Theodor Waern, artist, author and producer behind “The Journey Down”. I’m part of a small, independent, Sweden based game studio named SkyGoblin. The game was produced by two artists, two programmers, one musician, and a huge bunch of voice actors from all over the world. The majority of them working for free.

I was approached by cheeseness on Desura regarding taking a part in you guys playing the game, and I jumped at the opportunity. We are currently hard at work on Chapter Two of The Journey Down and we’re interested in as much feedback as possible on the first chapter, in our efforts to make the second part as great a game as possible.

We have received lots of feedback prior to this, but I’m hoping this DF game club thing will be a nice focused way of having a discussion with people who have a fresh experience with the game, and who also clearly have a passion for the genre.

Producing a good game when you’re on the crazy tight budget we are on, is sadly a lot about cutting corners. So knowing what to cut and what to polish is key to producing the most kickass experience possible.

Now, from a personal perspective, I know which parts of the production I’m proud of, and which parts I wish we could have made better. But I am very happy with the end result and really feel that we spent our time on the right stuff. However, I’m very eager to hear what YOU guys have to say about the whole thing, and the more comments and questions you guys shoot my way, the better the dialog and the more we will have learned to take with us on our continuing development of the series.

Here’s to hoping as many people as possible choose to join in on the DF play-through of Chapter one of The Journey Down!

If you’ve got questions, or just feel like ranting, I’ll be checking this thread out but will also (I hope) join in on the irc once you start gaming.

If you claim a key, please comment to indicate it’s been taken, and if you already own the game, “Remember, there are other pirates on this island. SO GO EASY ON THE TREASURE. Leave some for the next person.”

(That’s a quote from The Secret Of Monkey Island for anybody who didn’t know)

Also, in case anyody missed it, theowaern, one of The Journey Down’s developers posted on the previous page and is very excited to hear what our thoughts are on the game